China's Many Dreams: Comparative Perspectives on China's Search for National Rejuvenation

ISBN-13: 9781137478962 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 266 str.

Etc David Kerr

Opis

China's new leader Xi Jinping has announced that the China Dream of great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is now closer than ever. This book discusses the meaning and progress of Chinese national rejuvenation from multiple perspectives. It discusses critically China's progress towards becoming a strong, prosperous and well-governed country.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: China's Many Dreams; David Kerr 2. Contextualizing the China Dream: A Reinforced Consultative Leninist Approach to Government; Steve Tsang 3. Civil Society and China's Governance Dilemmas in the Era of National Rejuvenation; David Kerr 4. Worrying About Ethnicity: A New Generation of China Dreams?; David Tobin 5. A Swinging Pendulum: the Chinese Way in Growth and Development from 1800 to the Present Day; Kent G. Deng 6. Let The Hundred Businesses Donate (bai shang qi juan): The New Chinese Ways of Philanthropy, Traditional Values and the US Model; Gordon C. K. Cheung 7. Does China Offer a New Paradigm for Doing Science?; Joy Y. Zhang 8. Chinese Cultural Diplomacy: Old Wine in New Bottles?; Michael Barr 9. China at Arms: Millennial Strategic Traditions and Their Diplomatic Implications; Shi Yinhong 10. China Dream: A New Chinese Way in International Society?; Xiaoming Zhang 11. Conclusion: how close is China to national rejuvenation?; David Kerr

O autorze

David Kerr, Durham University, UK Steve Tsang, University of Nottingham, UK David Tobin, University of Glasgow, UK Kent G. Deng, London School of Economics, UK Gordon C K Cheung, Durham University, UK Joy Yueyue Zhang, University of Kent, UK Michael Barr, Newcastle University, UK Shi Yinhong, Renmin University of China Zhang Xiaoming, Peking University, China